Interesting Books
(Descriptions
from Goodreads)
Katya’s
World by Jonathan L. Howard, review
at A
Fantastical Librarian
The
distant and unloved colony world of Russalka has no land, only the raging sea.
No clear skies, only the endless storm clouds. Beneath the waves, the people
live in pressurised environments and take what they need from the boundless
ocean. It is a hard life, but it is theirs and they fought a war against Earth
to protect it. But wars leave wounds that never quite heal, and secrets that
never quite lie silent. Katya
Kuriakova doesn’t care much about ancient history like that, though. She is
making her first submarine voyage as crew; the first nice, simple journey of
what she expects to be a nice, simple career.
The
Silvered by Tanya Huff, review at Addicted
2 Heroines
The
Empire has declared war on the small, were-ruled kingdom of
Aydori, capturing five women of the Mage-Pack, including the
wife of the were Pack-leader. With the Pack off defending the border, it falls
to Mirian Maylin and Tomas Hagen—she a low-level mage, he younger brother to
the Pack-leader—to save them. Together the two set out on the kidnappers’
trail, racing into the heart of enemy territory. With every step the odds
against them surviving and succeeding soar…
I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS
Books Page for links to more reviews
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman, review at The
Speculative Scotsman
Days of
Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor, reviews at Dear
Author, Fantasy
Faction, Fantasy
Literature & The
Midnight Garden
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own
Making by Catherynne M Valente, review at Fantasy
Literature
The
Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, review at Fantasy
Literature
Giveaways
Days
of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor at The
Book Smugglers
Legend
by Marie Lu at The
Book Smugglers
Triumph Over Tragedy
Sarah
over at Bookworm
Blues posts about this anthology, which she is helping to edit. All
proceeds go the Red Cross and the title is dedicated to the survivors of Hurricane
Sandy.
Banthapug
Thanks
to SF
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